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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Good morning, and thanks for visiting. It's a fine day to begin a blog. Here in Louisiana, we have clear skies between Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, and we're hoping it stays that way for a long time!

Wednesdays, I'm going to dedicate blog posts to the business and fun of writing. No matter what genre or type you do, or even if you're a dabbler or wannabe, it's fun and inspiring to just yap about the craft. So, send me a question or post a comment, and let's chew the writing fat. If you want an extra set of eyeballs to scan a piece of something you're working on, post it!

Question o' the day: Why are you a writer? Is it therapy, a creative outlet, self-expression, fame and fortune, reaching/teaching, or just a way to stay in touch? If you're looking for a way to get those fingers moving today, you might enjoy surfing here:

MM: I hear ya! I feel like the world's off its axis when I haven't written in a few days.

Reading is a great thing too. Just having completed a 9-part editor interview series for Rose & Thorn (check it out if ya get a chance), many of the journal/zine editors said that was their #1 recommendation to writers and poets: Read, read, read!

Hmm; I thought having a blog would help me write more, but I find that being a copy editor (college texts) seems to sap the creativity. When my daughter was small, I attended many creative writing groups (Amherst Artists and Writers-led), and was very, what?, writerly. But not so much now.

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Angie Ledbetter is Co-Publishing Editor of Rose & Thorn Journal: roseandthornjournal.com. She is a writer, editor and sometime poet.
When not wrangling her family life, she enjoys working on her women's fiction novel and other writing projects.
Ledbetter is just a little bit scattered, but never boring. She loves communing with others across the Blogosphere. She's also @Angie_Ledbetter in Twitteritaville, and FaceBook.
Email~~> AngieDLed@aol.com